DETECTION OF THE SCINTILLATION LIGHT-INDUCED BY ALPHA-PARTICLES IN PURE CF4

Authors
BROGGINI C
Citation
C. Broggini, DETECTION OF THE SCINTILLATION LIGHT-INDUCED BY ALPHA-PARTICLES IN PURE CF4, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 361(3), 1995, pp. 543-547
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
361
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
543 - 547
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)361:3<543:DOTSLB>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The scintillation light induced by 5.5 MeV a particles has been detect ed in pure CF4 at the pressure of 1.2 bar both with 120 nm and with 18 0 nm wavelength threshold. The scintillation photons emitted in CF4 ar e about 20 and 45% of the ones emitted by Xe, above 120 and 180 nm res pectively. No light has been seen above 400 MI. A reduced electric fie ld E/p, where p is the gas pressure, between 10 and 400 V cm(-1) bar(- 1) does not affect the signal amplitude.